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Monday, June 5, 2017

U.S. Ag Secretary Perdue Visits Canada

From the USDA:

Agriculture Secretary Sonny
Perdue is in Canada today making his first international trip as U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture.

“The bilateral
U.S.-Canada relationship is important to the prosperity of both of our
countries and I look forward to strengthening this bond with our
neighbors to the north moving forward,” said Perdue.

Perdue will meet with
Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay and
other Canadian officials in Toronto to discuss priority agricultural issues
regarding Canada and the United States.

In addition, Perdue will participate in the 10th anniversary
conference of the Southeastern United States-Canadian Provinces
Alliance (SEUS-CP), of which he was a founding member while serving as
Governor of Georgia. At a downtown Toronto restaurant, he will also
kick off what will be a two-week-long event showcasing U.S. foods and
beverages.

As two of the world’s largest
agricultural producers with a shared border, Canada and the United
States are key markets for each other’s agricultural products.

In 2016,
the United States exported $20.2 billion of agricultural products to
Canada, making it our second-largest agricultural export market, while
Canada exported $21 billion of agricultural products to the United
States.